George Washington warned us in his farewell address of the danger of political parties. He called attention to the fact that if we became loyal to a particular party it would be at the cost of less loyalty to the Union itself.
Gridlock has made our Congress unable or unwilling to function as our forefathers planned.
These blogs on this site have become little more than childish exchanges of Democrat versus Republican attempts to get the best of each other.
Regardless of which side manages to prevail we the people suffer the consequences.
A small column was printed in The Savannah Morning News Tuesday Oct 9th on this very subject. The writer Lane Filler makes the point with the statement quoted below.
"We are a two party system-not by law, but because the Democrats and the Republicans have seized the mechanisms of government. They use their control to maintain power, and other parties can't compete. This causes a bunch of self perpetuating, corrosive behaviors, like government funded primaries for those major parties, which are really nothing but private organizations."
The Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson will not be participating in any of the debates because of the two party lock on the ballot box.
Filler further stated "Few would want every lunatic who says he's running for president on the stage. But it would be good to hear from more than the two big brands.
It feels like "the establishment"--corporations and power players--don't care which of the two major candidates wins. They just want to be sure a Ron Paul or Gary Johnson can't win, or, that often unconventional ideas can't be heard. and until enough people make noise, it wont change."
We have been robbed by the greatest partisan move ever in that the Democratic party in partnership with the Republican party has locked out all other points of view but their own. Our government is not functioning properly and the result is a genuine mess in Washington.

We the People, in Order to form a more Perfect Union” Been a long time since that was said, and we see how perfect it has turned out. We the people, what does that really mean today? It seems we identify with “we this type of people” of “this type of people”. Not WE the people. TOT was right that most of us stand to the left or the right. We have our own opinions and core values we believe. That is not a bad thing however, the unwillingness to waver has added to the spike that is driven down the middle of our country. The travesty of all of this is that no matter who wins, the status quo is not going to shift too far from where it is right now. We the people have culpability in this; we have the ability to vote, to be part of the human condition, and just maybe care about something more than ourselves. With that said, we need a president that focuses on America. We need a president that puts America first. To be quite frank, I can’t honestly say if either one will do just that. Until the people unite and commit t restoring the pride in our country, it is going to be uphill.

George Washington warned us in his farewell address of the danger of political parties. He called attention to the fact that if we became loyal to a particular party it would be at the cost of less loyalty to the Union itself.

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